Competition Prep

My figures lesson with Lynne on the Chandler coffee club as usual.  It was a pretty quiet session, 7 skaters and a mellow vibe.  I warmed up with the Preliminary test as usual - a little rough since I hadn't skated since last Friday due to jury duty and illness.  Lynne came on the ice just as I finished the warmup.

Today's lesson:

• waltz-8 -- I was a little frustrated with my waltz-8 on the warmup so we worked it a little bit.  Same problem points.  I really think other than the step forward, my biggest issue is a lack of concentration.  I know what to do and am able to do it, but my execution is just not always there.  Grrr.
• FO8 -- not bad.  So long as I concentrate (see above, lol!) they are okay.  I was working harder on tracing with some good results.  I think these will be okay so long as I don't get complacent.
• BO8 -- the good news is that my flow on these is pretty good!  The bad news is that I'm still struggling somewhat to come back to center reliably.  We did a number of layouts of these and I was just doing a crap job of spotting my mark.  Grrr.
• BI8 -- not so good.  Doing an okay job of keeping my center in view but pushes were inconsistent and not usually very good :-(.  I really need to spend a lot of time on these between now and the competition.